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In today’s edition: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agree to meet in Hungary for Ukraine peace talks without Zelenskyy, EU negotiators make a final push to salvage the bloc’s anti-corruption directive, and Europe’s Socialists gather in Amsterdam to confront their fractured future

The transition from paediatric to adult care increases mortality and worsens outcomes for many young people living with rare diseases like sickle cell disease. EU and national decision-makers must implement holistic and person-centred transition policies for all rare diseases.

EU rates have not been updated since 1992, leaving wine untaxed despite calls for reform

Two years on, frustration among voters has grown

Socialist leaders have gathered to discuss the future of their European umbrella party, as socialists now govern in only three of the EU27

Big tech’s retreat from political advertising tests how transparent EU democracy can really be

Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius called the roadmap “a mega plan for deliveries, with timetable, goals and reporting obligations”

"We have secured guarantees that EU funds will build European capabilities, free from external dependence," said EDIP's co-rapporteur, French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann

The date of the meeting is yet to be announced

The EU wants climate leadership to ‘pay off’

Weber's pay is almost 100% taxpayer-funded. Taking advantage of a loophole to claim two salaries is obscene; refusing full transparency suggests something more insidious is at play

’It's better not to rush and make sure the material is well covered", an industry source says

Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis urges rethink of costly wastewater rules, says they threaten Europe’s pharma sector

"We are trying to use all the possibilities we have in the current MFF, but we know that there is not so much flexibility," Commission Vice-President Henna Virkkunen told the press on Thursday

Despite significant progress on the supply side, the EU market for zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) is growing more slowly than anticipated across all vehicle segments, including cars and vans (LDVs), as well as medium- and heavy-duty trucks, buses and coaches (HDVs). For example, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the share of electric vehicle sales increased […]

The decision allows Adriatic fishers to harvest clams with a diameter of at least 22 millimetres, compared with the EU-wide limit of 25

What is the most pressing challenge for humanity in an era of uncertainty and transformation? While answers to this question may vary, poverty tops the ballot.  Last year 733 million people went to bed hungry—one in every eleven—while 1.1 billion survived on less than $2.15 a day. Eradicating this scourge has become a shared global mission.  […]

‘Never again shall we allow Russia to manipulate Europe’s energy market,’ says French socialist MEP

The upcoming Grids Package is an opportunity to ensure the EU framework is adapted to a decentralised energy future. While the Grid Action Plan successfully delivered on its action points, challenges still need to be addressed to sufficiently support grids.

‘We need to move beyond the idea that smoking or unhealthy diets are solely matters of personal responsibility,’ Romana Jerković told Euractiv